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Corestaff group members would get less than half of $6.4M settlement if funder seeks 35% cut
Class Actions 2022-03-23 11:46 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Group members in a class action by Papua New Guinea workers against labour hire firm CoreStaff would get less than half of a $6.4 million […]

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Judgeā€™s ‘blood boils’ over lack of cooperation in Dominoā€™s class action
Class Actions 2022-03-21 2:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has censured Dominoā€™s Pizza and the lead applicant in an underpayments class action, saying their lack of cooperation made his ā€œblood boilā€. In […]

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Ten to face sex discrimination claims in journalist’s harassment lawsuit
Employment 2022-03-21 10:37 am By Miklos Bolza

Journalist Tegan George will add sex discrimination claims against Network Ten to her lawsuit that alleges harassment and bullying by political journalist Peter van Onselen. […]

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Whitsundays resort owes $430,000 to worker who was urinated on
Employment 2022-03-21 5:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owner of a Whitsundays resort has been ordered to hand over $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation allegedly urinated on him […]

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‘Intimate’ encounter with student no cause for ANU professor’s dismissal, FWC says
Employment 2022-03-16 1:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A Fair Work commissioner who previously slammed vaccine mandates as “medical apartheid” has found that an Australian National University professor was unfairly fired over a […]

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Flying Eureka Flag at construction sites banned under building code, court finds
Employment 2022-03-11 9:24 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has found that flying flags associated with the Eureka Rebellion or displaying material bearing union mottos and indicia at construction sites contravenes the […]

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Auditor-General exec was worked to point of breakdown during COVID-19, suit says
Employment 2022-03-10 1:06 pm By Sam Matthews

The Victorian Auditor-General Andrew Greaves and the State of Victoria are being sued by a former executive who says she was overworked to the point […]

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Optus, Foxtel contractor settles ‘sham’ contracting class action
Class Actions 2022-03-09 10:43 am By Christine Caulfield

Teleco contractor BSA has reached an in-principle settlement resolving a class action that accuses the company of misclassifying its workforce of technicians as independent contractors. […]

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Cricket Tasmania denies harassment claims by receptionist at centre of Tim Paine sexting saga
Employment 2022-03-09 4:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Cricket Tasmania has denied allegations by a former front receptionist that she was the victim of sexual harassment by Australian cricket players and senior managers, […]

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ABC’s Four Corners targeted in deceit case by former industrial judge
Public Corruption 2022-03-09 5:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former Fair Work Commission vice president has sued the ABC for allegedly tricking him into participating in a Four Corners interview about his relationship […]

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